Tashie Bhuiyan - 22-year-old Author of Counting Down With You, an "Own Stories" YA Novel

Tashie Bhuiyan is the 22-year-old author of Counting Down With You, a YA “own stories” novel about a Bangladeshi teenager who agrees to a fake relationship with her school’s resident bad boy when her parents are out of the country. 

"This 'love letter to young brown girls; explores a topic that can be taboo in desi culture: anxiety. Bhuiyan guides Karina through it with care … Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever."  - Booklist 

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How consuming lots of media helps her through a blockHaving a playlist for the book you’re writingAnd more

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